SOA from methylglyoxal in clouds and wet aerosols: Measurement and prediction of key products

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 5218-5226

  Tan, Yi ^a   Carlton, Annmarie G ^a   Seitzinger, Sybil P ^a,b   Turpin, Barbara J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Geosphere Biosphere Programme IGBP   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aqueous radical chemistry; Isoprene; Methylglyoxal; Mutiphase photochemistry; Secondary organic aerosol (SOA)

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE; METHYLGLYOXAL; MUTIPHASE PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADICAL CHEMISTRY; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLOUDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FREE RADICALS; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON;

SULFURIC ACID;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; METHYLGLYOXAL; OXALIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CLOUD COVER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ISOPRENE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL;

EID: 77958534249     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.045     Document Type: Article

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